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HENRY STURGIS, an American educator, born in Hong Kong, China, in 1850. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1871. For several years he was engaged in the practice of engineering. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1878. From 1885 to 1905 he was general solicitor of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. In the latter year he was chosen president of the Lehigh University. He was the author of "Tunneling, Explosive Compounds and Rock Drills" (1878), and was the author of several works on law relating to railroads. From 1913 to 1916 he was president of the National Reserve Corps, and from 1916 to 1919 he was chairman of the board of Military Training Camps Association.